Zoroaster

Zoroaster, or Zarathushtra, was an ancient prophet who lived in Persia. He founded a religion named Zoroastrianism. This religion has a long history. It was the national religion of Sassanid Empire of ancient Iran. In Persian language, the name takes the form of Zartosht.

Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
Born	Before 500 BC, likely 1500–1000 BC
Died	Aged 74
Venerated in	Zoroastrianism Manichaeism Bahá'í Faith Mithraism Ahmadiyya
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Most scholars agree that Zoroaster was a real person who lived long ago. No one is certain about the time when he lived. One estimate is that he lived about 3200 years ago, around 1200 BC. Some other estimates are that Zarathushtra may have lived anywhere between the 18th century BC and the 6th century BC.

Zoroaster Media

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  3rd-century Mithraic depiction of Zoroaster found in Dura Europos, Syria by Franz Cumont

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  Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd–2nd century BC

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  19th century painting depicting the events of Zoroaster's life

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  The rings of the Fravashi

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  Disciples of Zoroaster centered in Nineveh

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  Zoroaster statue (left) atop the New York Supreme Court building.

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  Detail of The School of Athens by Raphael, 1509, showing what may be Zoroaster (left, with star-studded globe)

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  Depiction of Zoroaster in Clavis Artis, an alchemy manuscript published in Germany in the late 17th or early 18th century and pseudoepigraphically attributed to Zoroaster

Other websites

• Zoroaster -Citizendium